Now I'm cheap, trust me, but not even I am cheap enough to think that waiting in a 25-35 minute line is worth the few cents a gallon that you save by buying gasoline at Costco. Now am I guilty of pulling up to the pump in the wee hours of the morning when there was no line, perhaps. But to be honest I wasn't that impressed with the quality of gas, maybe I should have taken it back.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Costco Observation #1
Now I'm cheap, trust me, but not even I am cheap enough to think that waiting in a 25-35 minute line is worth the few cents a gallon that you save by buying gasoline at Costco. Now am I guilty of pulling up to the pump in the wee hours of the morning when there was no line, perhaps. But to be honest I wasn't that impressed with the quality of gas, maybe I should have taken it back.
Moaning Myrtle, that Crazy Cat!
Ok, maybe not really, but it's Sunday afternoon and Parker is asleep and Celiece is busy reading Harry Potter, and since cant read I, I am going to just play on the computer. Whilst I am playing, I would like to rate Utah's Fox News at 10.
A couple of nights ago when the whole world, except me and Parker, were at various stores waiting until the magical 12 o'clock hour for the carts full of the new books of the boy wizard to be rolled to within their reach, I was left home to babysit. While I was here I was flipping through the three channels we have and came across a Fox News Anchor at one of the local stores interviewing people waiting in line who had dressed up as some of the characters of the book.
The broadcast went a little like this, the news anchor did a shoddy job of an intro telling where she was and what she was doing and then began to ask each of the people who they were dressed up as, at first I thought she was being cute in asking the kids who they were, but then she began to ask the adults and then had the nerve to say, "I wouldn't know, I dont read the books." Now I dont read the books either, but what she was really saying was, I'm too lazy to read, but then I'm also to lazy to sit and watch a movie as well."
I'm no huge Harry Potter fan but I'm not against sitting and watching a movie, I mean come on, can you work any less than sitting and watching a movie? I rate Fox News and that anchor with a Lame-DASH-OHHH! BTW, Celiece did get her copy, dont you worry.
One of the girls that was interviewed was dressed up as Moaning Myrtle. Again, I am no Harry Potter Connoisseur but I can spot a Moaning Myrtle from a mile away.
A couple of nights ago when the whole world, except me and Parker, were at various stores waiting until the magical 12 o'clock hour for the carts full of the new books of the boy wizard to be rolled to within their reach, I was left home to babysit. While I was here I was flipping through the three channels we have and came across a Fox News Anchor at one of the local stores interviewing people waiting in line who had dressed up as some of the characters of the book.
The broadcast went a little like this, the news anchor did a shoddy job of an intro telling where she was and what she was doing and then began to ask each of the people who they were dressed up as, at first I thought she was being cute in asking the kids who they were, but then she began to ask the adults and then had the nerve to say, "I wouldn't know, I dont read the books." Now I dont read the books either, but what she was really saying was, I'm too lazy to read, but then I'm also to lazy to sit and watch a movie as well."
I'm no huge Harry Potter fan but I'm not against sitting and watching a movie, I mean come on, can you work any less than sitting and watching a movie? I rate Fox News and that anchor with a Lame-DASH-OHHH! BTW, Celiece did get her copy, dont you worry.
Thank You Chase Bank!
So as far as business banking is concerned I am leaving the hometown Nebo Credit Union and have moved on to bigger and better things at Chase Bank. Why the sudden change might you ask? Well you see it' quite simple, they gave me $250 just to set up an account. Here is how it all went down, my friend Dave Rasmussen has been doing a lot of banking with Chase and has told me about the benefits of banking there as opposed to banking elsewhere, he also told me that if I went and set up a business account that he would get a $50 refferal and I would get $50 as well.
So I was planning on switching over anyway but then one day about a week and a half ago another one of my friends called from Chase bank and told me that Eric, the Utah Valley Business banker was in the Provo branch with him and he had a coupon for $200 if I came and set up an account plus the $50, so of course I ran over and set up an account. Unfortunately for Dave he wont be getting the $50, my other friend is, sorry Dave.
But long story short I was able to get the account set up no problem and also found out that as far as online credit card processors go I was getting ripped off, I am currently using a company called Powerpay, but as it turns out Powerpay just uses chase bank as a processor so if anyone reading this is using anyone other than Chase for your online processing, stop and get an account setup with chase. And tell them I sent you ;). So this wasn't the funniest post but oh well, here is why I like Chase Bank:
So I was planning on switching over anyway but then one day about a week and a half ago another one of my friends called from Chase bank and told me that Eric, the Utah Valley Business banker was in the Provo branch with him and he had a coupon for $200 if I came and set up an account plus the $50, so of course I ran over and set up an account. Unfortunately for Dave he wont be getting the $50, my other friend is, sorry Dave.
But long story short I was able to get the account set up no problem and also found out that as far as online credit card processors go I was getting ripped off, I am currently using a company called Powerpay, but as it turns out Powerpay just uses chase bank as a processor so if anyone reading this is using anyone other than Chase for your online processing, stop and get an account setup with chase. And tell them I sent you ;). So this wasn't the funniest post but oh well, here is why I like Chase Bank:
- Excellent Online Banking Services
- Great Rates On Online Credit Card Processors
- Flat out Bribery to get you to switch to them.
- The Small Town Bank Feel with the financial backing of a big time bank
- From within your account you can switch your savings to a high yield savings account, like 3-4% which works out great for businesses like us who has an account full of other peoples money until the end of the month.
- They have foamy soap in the bathroom, I have grown to love foamy soap, it makes liquid soap feel like I am wiping my hands with lard.
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